Todulational instability in crossing sea states: A possible mechanism for the formation of freak waves

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Van Tilborg, J ^a   Schroeder, C B ^a   Filip, C V ^b   Toth Cs ^a   Geddes, C G R ^a   Fubiani, G ^a   Huber, R ^a   Kaindl, R A ^a   Esarey, E ^a,b   Leemans, W P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; SYNCHRONIZATION; VACUUM;

ELECTRON BUNCHES; PLASMA-VACUUM BOUNDARY; TODULATIONAL INSTABILITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 32644481586     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.014801     Document Type: Article

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